Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019•1 Seasons•47 Episodes•7.8•Ended
DramaWar & Politics
Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again in 2020. The first half tells the story of marathon runner Kanakuri Shiso, who became one of the first Japanese nationals to participate in the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. The second half features Tabata Masaji, the coach who laid the foundations of Japanese swimming and helped bring the games to Tokyo for the first time in 1964.
Network
NHK
Origin
JP
Cast
Kantarô Nakamura
金栗四三
Sadao Abe
田畑政治
Haruka Ayase
春野Suya
Toma Ikuta
三岛弥彦
Hana Sugisaki
Shima
Kento Nagayama
野口源三郎
Ryo Katsuji
美川秀信
Yutaka Takenouchi
大森兵藏
Shido Nakamura
金栗实次
Charlotte Kate Fox
大森安仁子
Kanji Furutachi
可儿德
Pierre Taki
黑坂辛作
Tetta Sugimoto
永井道明
Shinobu Otake
池部几江
Koji Yakusho
嘉納治五郎
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